The Diocese of Hólar is a suffragan diocese of the Church of Iceland. The Bishop of Hólar is one of two suffragan bishops to the Bishop of Iceland. The Diocese of Hólar existed between 1106 and 1801 when it was amalgamated into the Diocese of Iceland under the leadership of the Bishop of Iceland. In 1909, the diocese was revived as a titular see of the Church of Iceland.

The following people were bishops of Hólar, Iceland:

Roman Catholic Former bishopric 1106–1121: St. Jón Ögmundsson 1122–1145: Ketill Þorsteinsson 1147–1162: Björn Gilsson 1163–1201: Brandur Sæmundsson 1203–1237: Guðmundur góði Arason 1238–1247: Bótólfur 1247–1260: Heinrekur Kársson 1263–1264: Brandur Jónsson 1267–1313: Jörundur Þorsteinsson 1313–1322: Auðunn rauði Þorbergsson 1324–1331: Lárentíus Kálfsson 1332–1341: Egill Eyjólfsson 1342–1356: Ormr Ásláksson 1358–1390: Jón skalli Eiríksson 1391–1411: Pétur Nikulásson 1411–1423: Jón Henriksson 1425–1435: Jón Vilhjálmsson 1435–1440: Jón Bloxwich 1441–1441: Róbert Wodbor 1442–1457: Gottskálk Keneksson 1458–1495: Ólafur Rögnvaldsson 1496–1520: Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson 1524–1550: Jón Arason

Lutheran 1552–1569: Ólafur Hjaltason 1571–1627: Guðbrandur Þorláksson 1628–1656: Þorlákur Skúlason 1657–1684: Gísli Þorláksson 1684–1690: Jón Vigfússon 1692–1696: Einar Þorsteinsson 1697–1710: Björn Þorleifsson 1711–1739: Steinn Jónsson 1741–1745: Ludvig Harboe 1746–1752: Halldór Brynjólfsson 1755–1779: Gísli Magnússon 1780–1781: Jón Teitsson 1784–1787: Árni Þórarinsson 1789–1798: Sigurður Stefánsson

The Diocese was amalgamated in 1801 and now forms part of the Diocese of Reykjavik.

Suffragan bishopric The see was discontinued from 1801 to 1909. It was revived in 1909 as a suffragan bishopric to the Bishop of Iceland, with the bishop's cathedra in the traditional Hólar cathedral church. In 1990, fresh legislation increased the authority and responsibilities of the Bishop of Hólar as an assistant bishop in the Reykjavik diocese.

1909–1927: Geir Sæmundsson 1928–1937: Hálfdán Guðjónsson 1937–1959: Friðrik J. Rafnar 1959–1969: Sigurður Stefánsson 1969–1981: Pétur Sigurgeirsson 1982–1991: Sigurður Guðmundsson 1991–2002: Bolli Gústavsson 2003–2012: Jón Aðalsteinn Baldvinsson 2012–2022: Solveig Lára Guðmundsdóttir 2022–present: Gísli Gunnarsson See also List of Skálholt bishops Bishop of Iceland

References

Sources Sigurdson, Erika Ruth, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 242, http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ (pre-Reformation bishops). Gunnar Kristjánsson et al., eds, Saga biskupsstólanna: Skálholt 950 ára 2006, Hólar 900 ára (Akureyri: Hólar, 2006), pp. 854–55.

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